What would you change about Canada?

[jimmy4321]

In the world the US is the hold out, its not a stretch 40 or so years ago that it would change . The U.S. military uses the metric system, weapon caliber is in metric , US scientists, drug researchers, since 1990 Nasa been using it.

[Catsumi]

You are SO right, they all use metric, but the general public does not.

[fvkasm2x]

Somehow rid Canadians of their racism. Following the 1956 rebellion in Hungary that was put down by the Russians, Canada accepted far more refugees than have entered Canada as refugees in the past year. But they were white. All these claims to "close the borders" are very thinly veiled racism, and it's become fashionable to express this rude and base racism now that the US has a racist leader. Hungarians blended in. Vietnamese did too. Others will as well.

As someone who says we need to limit immigration, I will explain my reasoning (it has nothing to do with race or color). It's about people being raised completely differently with "different" cultures, manners or behaviors.

I'm 40 and up until I was about 35, Canada always felt the same to me no matter where I lived. Small towns like Vernon or big cities like Vancouver. Canada had a "feeling." When I lived in Abbotsford, the neighbors on either side of me were Indian and Filipino but were similar to everyone else. They were friendly, polite and helpful. People I talked with always shared the same stories. Canadians felt like family no matter where you went.

People were raised mostly the same. The concept of "it takes a village" was actually practiced. Kids all played the same games, the same sports and had the same rules. Home when the street lights came on. Road hockey on every street. The same manners were instilled in everyone.

We showed it in the little things. If you let a car go first, they waved thanks in acknowledgement. If you held the door for them, they said thank you. While we had differences, we were still very nationalistic, patriotic and it was easy to talk to your neighbor or a random stranger. It was easy to see most people were "raised right."


Now sure, you can easily point to a terrible change in society thanks to dual income parents and a lack of family structure. Social media and a decaying moral fabric definitely have an influence. But the immigration issue has played a huge role IMO.

Up until about 10 years ago, immigrants were mostly the same. Indian, Asian and European. I understand that there are a TON of different countries and cultures in those 3 groups... but even then, they still have a lot of similar values and traditions. You even said it yourself: "They blended in."

Now you've had a huge increase in immigrants from Iran, Syria, Nigeria, Sudan, etc... and there doesn't seem to be a desire to blend in. To assimilate. To be Canadian. It seems like everyone is supposed to bow down to every other group, religion and ethnicity. That's now how it used to be. There's way more individuality now. Even our own Canadian government has adjusted the "welcome to Canada" package and removed certain things that shun barbaric behavior (like beating your wife) because it will "offend" other cultures.

Not sure if I can explain it well, but there's no feeling of "us" any more. It's more like them, them, them, them and you. If that makes sense.

And as I said... you can blame it on a lot of things, like the changing world... but if you spend any time in smaller towns, many places out East and other provinces/cities where immigration isn't as abundant, it can still feel the same. Those places have all the same technologies and changes, but with similar mindsets little has changed.

[PocoGirl]

Somehow rid Canadians of their racism. Following the 1956 rebellion in Hungary that was put down by the Russians, Canada accepted far more refugees than have entered Canada as refugees in the past year. But they were white. All these claims to "close the borders" are very thinly veiled racism, and it's become fashionable to express this rude and base racism now that the US has a racist leader. Hungarians blended in. Vietnamese did too. Others will as well.

As someone who says we need to limit immigration, I will explain my reasoning (it has nothing to do with race or color). It's about people being raised completely differently with "different" cultures, manners or behaviors.

I'm 40 and up until I was about 35, Canada always felt the same to me no matter where I lived. Small towns like Vernon or big cities like Vancouver. Canada had a "feeling." When I lived in Abbotsford, the neighbors on either side of me were Indian and Filipino but were similar to everyone else. They were friendly, polite and helpful. People I talked with always shared the same stories. Canadians felt like family no matter where you went.

People were raised mostly the same. The concept of "it takes a village" was actually practiced. Kids all played the same games, the same sports and had the same rules. Home when the street lights came on. Road hockey on every street. The same manners were instilled in everyone.

We showed it in the little things. If you let a car go first, they waved thanks in acknowledgement. If you held the door for them, they said thank you. While we had differences, we were still very nationalistic, patriotic and it was easy to talk to your neighbor or a random stranger. It was easy to see most people were "raised right."


Now sure, you can easily point to a terrible change in society thanks to dual income parents and a lack of family structure. Social media and a decaying moral fabric definitely have an influence. But the immigration issue has played a huge role IMO.

Up until about 10 years ago, immigrants were mostly the same. Indian, Asian and European. I understand that there are a TON of different countries and cultures in those 3 groups... but even then, they still have a lot of similar values and traditions. You even said it yourself: "They blended in."

Now you've had a huge increase in immigrants from Iran, Syria, Nigeria, Sudan, etc... and there doesn't seem to be a desire to blend in. To assimilate. To be Canadian. It seems like everyone is supposed to bow down to every other group, religion and ethnicity. That's now how it used to be. There's way more individuality now. Even our own Canadian government has adjusted the "welcome to Canada" package and removed certain things that shun barbaric behavior (like beating your wife) because it will "offend" other cultures.

Not sure if I can explain it well, but there's no feeling of "us" any more. It's more like them, them, them, them and you. If that makes sense.

And as I said... you can blame it on a lot of things, like the changing world... but if you spend any time in smaller towns, many places out East and other provinces/cities where immigration isn't as abundant, it can still feel the same. Those places have all the same technologies and changes, but with similar mindsets little has changed.

Very well said

[miss_sterious]

The Liberal government. Between them, and the monopoly owned/leftist media, we are on a fast track to a socialist and police state country.

[Omnitheo]

Even better education so that there are fewer ignorant people posting unsubstantiated hyperbolic rhetoric.

[burnedatstake]

churches that dont pay taxes and promote intolerance.

[dirtybiker]

Failure, from Grade School children, on up.
People be failed and not given a free pass.

Too many incompetents allowed to progress too far without the
benefit of failures along the way to build character, skills,
and knowledge.


It is not failure until one gives up.

A society built without the benefits of failure, has no back-bone.
It will in essence, be doomed to fail.